[hang nadim] Pengajian Melayu semakin meluas.....

Oleh Nizam Hamid




















MUHYIDDIN Yassin dan isteri, Puan Sri Noorainee Abdul Rahman bergambar bersama para pelajar dan kakitangan Kedutaan Malaysia di China pada majlis makam malam di China World Hotel, Beijing, semalam. – BERNAMA

BEIJING 20 April – Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin yakin jalinan persefahaman dan persahabatan antara rakyat Malaysia dan China akan dapat diperkukuhkan lagi dengan meluasnya program Pengajian Melayu di institusi pengajian tinggi (IPT) di negara ini.

Menurut Timbalan Perdana Menteri, sebanyak enam buah universiti di negara ini telah menawarkan program pengajian Bahasa Melayu iaitu Universiti Komunikasi China, Universiti Peking, Universiti Pengajian Asing Guandong, Universiti Bangsa-Bangsa Guangxi, Universiti Bangsa-Bangsa Yunnan dan Universiti Pengajian Asing Beijing.

“Saya dimaklumkan antara 49 jurusan yang ditawarkan di Universiti Pengajian Asing Beijing (BFSU), Bahasa Melayu merupakan salah satu jurusan yang amat popular,” katanya berucap semasa melawat universiti tersebut di sini hari ini.

Malah katanya, pelajar yang mengikuti jurusan itu telah dapat menguasai bahasa Melayu dengan amat baik sekali dan ia terbukti apabila dua pelajarnya menjadi johan dan naib johan pada Pertandingan Pidato Antarabangsa Bahasa Melayu Piala Perdana Menteri pada tahun lalu dan 2008.

Menurut beliau, iltizam dan penglibatan kerajaan Malaysia dan China dalam mengembangkan bahasa dan persuratan Melayu di negara ini telah ditingkatkan lagi dengan penubuhan Kursi Pengajian Melayu Malaysia-China di BFSU pada 2008.

“Dengan wujudnya Kursi Pengajian Melayu di universiti ini, saya yakin usaha pemantapan program ilmiah dalam bidang pengajian Melayu, baik dalam penawaran kursus yang lebih luas, penyelidikan, penerbitan dan pengembangan kebahasaan dapat dilaksanakan dengan lebih baik lagi,” ujarnya.

Timbalan Perdana Menteri turut melahirkan penghargaan terhadap BFSU kerana memberikan tumpuan istimewa dalam program Pengajian Melayu sehingga universiti ini menjadi pusat pengembangan bahasa dan persuratan Melayu yang terunggul di China.

Tambahnya, BFSU juga aktif dalam menghantar tenaga pengajar bahasa Mandarin ke universiti di Malaysia dalam meningkatkan penguasaan bahasa itu di kalangan mahasiswa.

Katanya, BFSU telah memulakan program bahasa Melayu sejak 1961 lagi dan mewujudkan Pusat Pengajaran Bahasa Melayu pada 1997 dan Pusat Pengajian Melayu China pada 2005.

Dalam pada itu Muhyiddin berkata, walaupun bahasa Melayu merupakan bahasa kebangsaan dan menjadi bahasa pengantar dalam sistem pendidikan kebangsaan, kerajaan tetap memberi pengiktirafan terhadap bahasa Mandarin.

Malah katanya, kerajaan juga mengambil langkah memantapkan pengajaran bahasa Mandarin di sekolah dan IPT termasuk menghantar pelajar ke BFSU bagi mengikuti pengajian bahasa Mandarin dengan harapan mereka pulang untuk mengajar bahasa tersebut.

“Setakat ini terdapat seramai 119 pelajar Malaysia di bawah tajaan Kementerian Pelajaran dan Mara di BFSU sejak 2007,” ujarnya.

Kunjungan ke BFSU diadakan sempena lawatan kerja seminggu Timbalan Perdana Menteri ke negara ini dan turut serta ialah Menteri Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan, Datuk Chor Chee Heung; Presiden MCA, Datuk Seri Dr. Chua Soi Lek; Ahli Parlimen Kulim-Bandar Baharu, Zulkifli Noordin, Ahli Parlimen Pulai; Datuk Nurjazlan Mohamed dan Ahli Parlimen Lawas; Datuk Henry Sum Agong. – Utusan

Wednesday April 20, 2011
Malaysia hopes for tie-up with top Chinese academy
By CHELSEA L.Y. NG
chelsea@thestar.com.my

BEIJING: Malaysia wants an exchange programme with one of the most excellent schools in China to improve its students' overall performance, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

“It is my fervent hope that Malaysian schools can have an exchange programme with your school so that we can learn more on how to improve our sports programme and enhance our students' overall performance.

“A particular area of interest is curriculum development, integrating sports activities into academic programmes,” he said yesterday.

He added that Malaysia was also interested in having teacher capacity building programmes to share expertise on integrated sports education

Muhyiddin was on an official visit to The Experimental High School, which is attached to Beijing Normal University and has won accolades for its excellent international exchange programme.

He said Malaysia hoped that cooperation between the schools of both countries would benefit their students.

“I learnt that this school, which is one of the most excellent schools in China, has demonstrated stellar performance not only in academic field but also in sports.

“This is an important area for Malaysian schools to learn as we embark on a nationwide initiative the 1Student, 1Sports programme,” he said.

He added that students' participation in sports activities would improve their ability to learn and contribute towards developing wholesome individuals.

Muhyiddin, who is also Education Minister, was later given a tour of the school by its principal Cai Xiaodong.

Speaking to reporters later, Muhyiddin said he would send his officers to see how well Malaysia could emulate China in the programme.

“What they have here is an education template that is quite holistic and is producing national athletes. They have a single session school and their premier has asked that all students be subjected to an hour of physical education activity each day. This is in line with our 1Student 1Sport programme,” he said.

Earlier, Muhyiddin received a courtesy call from Chinese Education Minister Yuan Guiren and attended a bilateral meeting and luncheon with Vice-Premier Li Keqiang at the Great Hall of the People here.

He said both leaders discussed economy, trade and investment during the meeting and agreed that the South China Sea issue be approached “diplomatically”.
Educational visit: (From left) Cai, Dr Chua and Muhyiddin being led into one of the classrooms during a tour of The Experimental High School in China.